Brookings: Every election cycle, tens of millions of Americans vote without setting foot in a polling place. Their local election office mails them a paper ballot, they mark it at home, and they hand it back to a letter carrier to return. Over the past three decades this has grown from a niche convenience into how almost a third of … Read More
Petition to reject Trump order forcing USPS to reject ballots
Americans for Financial Freedom, a progressive nonprofit coalition of approximately 200 consumer, labor and special interest groups that advocate for financial reform, has launched a petition drive demanding that the USPS reject Trump’s illegal order to force the post office to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. (The coalition uses “Save the Post Office,” but it is not affiliated with this website.) … Read More
The Postal Service gets in deep on proposed changes to mail voting
The Postal Service is once again being embroiled in the national debate over voting by mail. In March the President issued an executive order on mail voting that represents an unprecedented federal intervention into the election system, with the Postal Service playing a key role. Earlier this week the Postal Service published a proposed rule in the Federal Register intended … Read More
CPWU Summer 2026 Newsletter
The Summer 2026 Newsletter from Communities and Postal Workers United has articles about a nationwide rally for “Next Generation Carriers”; a joint letter to Congress from the four postal unions; an OIG report on expanding access to government services through the postal network; a call to subsidize rural postal service. Read the newsletter.
